Three years ago, few people outside of Normandy, France had ever heard of Nina Mallevaey. Dynastie de Beaufour had never earned a place on a 5* podium. But in the...
Hermes was famously known as the messenger of the Gods and the protector of travelers, merchants, and athletes. He was also a notorious speedster whose golden, winged sandals allowed him...
It’s the hope of show jumping owners and riders everywhere that they’ll one day have a championship-caliber horse on the barn aisle. But it's not always easy to sustain that...
There was something about watching Dutch rider Sanne Thijssen and her charismatic stallion Con Quidam RB in action that brought to mind National Velvet, Black Beauty, or some other beloved childhood classic. ...
From one-hit wonders to dark horse victories, a singular triumph always runs the risk of being called a fluke. But to win the same, inaugural event two years in a...
A lot has changed in recent months for Germany’s Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and TSF Dalera BB. For the last six years, the two-time, double-gold Olympic dressage medalists and reigning individual...
As a longtime fan of show jumping, there are few parts of the sport more rewarding than getting to watch your favorite stallions (and sometimes mares) competing against offspring they...
A single rail down became the drop score for Team USA in Round 2 of the Saturday Night Lights CSIO4* Nations Cup during Week 8 of the Winter Equestrian Festival....
The Netherlands’ Willem Greve has been campaigning his longtime partner, the KWPN stallion Grandorado TN N.O.P., since he was jumping the international 5-year-old Young Horse classes back in 2016. This...
MIDDLEBURG, VA—Following his recent annual veterinary exam, the 23-year-old Appendix gelding, Show Me the Money, reports through his animal communicator that he is in perfect health, and actually couldn’t have...
On Tuesday, February 10, McLain Ward’s partner of just under a year, Imperial HBF, was humanely euthanized following a severe episode of colic. According to Ward’s Instagram post, the 13-year-old...
At age 68, team gold and individual Olympic champion Nick Skelton doesn’t ride anymore, having officially hung up his saddle alongside his famous stallion, Big Star, one year after their...
Laura Kraut rang-in her 60th birthday last November with a truly outsized accomplishment: a top 10 place in the Longines Rankings and her best Grand Prix season to date. Earning three,...
At age 16, Daniel Coyle’s longtime mount, Farrel, doesn’t always come out for the Grand Prix. But when he does, he almost always comes to play. Coyle and Farrel did...
Popular culture spends a lot of time on the concept of make-it-or-break-it shots, and the necessity of not wasting them. From the words of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s titular character in Hamilton—“I am...
Sometimes, a rider enters the jump-off intending to ride his own ride, regardless of the rest of the field coming before or after him. Other times, he or she has...
In show jumping, jumping clear, consistently, at any height is a rarity. But only a small handful of horses have that rare combination of physical and mental ability required to...
In the sport of show jumping, there were pretty much two names that dominated the conversation at the highest level last season. In the first corner, the reigning World No....
The month of December saw six professionals in the hunter/jumper industry either added to the U.S. Center for SafeSport’s Centralized Disciplinary Database or movement in the response and resolution status...
LEXINGTON, KY—Looking for a top show pony at a fire-sale price? You may be in luck. A monthly horse and pony sales report published by Equine Auction Zone last month...
